Sweden defeats Canada 2-1 in final to win 2017 IIHF World Championship

This was Sweden’s first gold at the world hockey championships since 2013

COLOGNE, May 22. /TASS/. Sweden’s ice hockey team defeated Canada 2-1 in a penalty shootout during the final game of the 2017 IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) World Championship in Germany’s Cologne.

The Swedish team is now the ten-time world champion and Canada, which targeted its third consecutive title, had to settle with silver in the end.